In Japan, there's a huge and vibrant community of people who love to make things, whether they're pre-made models, crafts, gadgets or anything in between. You can see what I'm talking about in our post last week about … [Read more...]
Earlier this year, one of our guest writers used the phrase “Willy Wonka-san” when talking about candy in Japan and I haven't been able to get it out of my head since. There's probably no better descriptor … [Read more...]
Democracy is a strange beast. Obviously, it's incredibly important to have direct representation and a voice in government, but opening up the process to everybody means that . . . well, it means that you open up the … [Read more...]
When Shigeki Tanaka, a 19-year-old Japanese man, won the Boston Marathon in 1951, it was a pretty big deal. Tanaka’s win wasn't just remarkable because he was the first Japanese person to ever win the Boston Marthon … [Read more...]
Every Sunday we gather the week's weird and interesting Japanese news and present it to you in our Sunday News column. It might not always be hard-hitting news, but we hope that it still informs and entertains you. … [Read more...]
This year has been a good year for spy movies; both the American The Bourne Legacy and the British Skyfall were released in 2012 to generally good reviews and earned oodles and oodles of cash. But these movies got me … [Read more...]